Month: September 2009

Arne Jacobsen

“If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.” Arne Jacobsen quotes

Dennis Miller

“A recent police study found that you’re much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.” Dennis Miller quotes

Kurt Cobain

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” Kurt Cobain quotes

Heywood Broun

“Any new system is worth trying when your luck is bad.” Heywood Broun quotes

Aldrich, Thomas B.

Civilization is the lamb’s skin in which barbarism masquerades. Aldrich, Thomas B. quotes

Cooley, Charles Horton

There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. Cooley, Charles Horton quotes

Hulbert, Harold

Children need love, especially when they don’t deserve it. Hulbert, Harold quotes

Campbell, Patrick

From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can’t …

Hubbard, Elbert

There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. Hubbard, Elbert quotes

Bouilly

“Whatever we possess becomes of double value When we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.” Bouilly quotes

Wendell Berry on Nature

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the …

Skill

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. – Ruskin, John

Ability

Others have done it before me. I can, too. – Faunce, Corporal John

Novelty

The New is not a fashion, it is a value. – Barthes, Roland

Richard Bach

“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” Richard Bach quotes

David Wilkerson

“Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” David Wilkerson quotes

Chopra, Deepak

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. Chopra, Deepak quotes

Godwin, Gail

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. Godwin, Gail quotes

Davis, Miles

Do not fear mistakes — there are none. Davis, Miles quotes

Quayle, Dan

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. Quayle, Dan quotes

Han Suyin

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. Han Suyin quotes

Gerald

“Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people’s values.” Gerald …

George S. Patton on Imagination

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. – George S. Patton Quotes, Famous Quotes, George S. Patton, Imagination

Nunn, Gregory

The most touching epitaph I ever encountered was on the tombstone of the printer of Edinburgh. It said simply: He kept down the cost and …

Tillich, Paul

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment. Tillich, Paul quotes

D’Angelo, Anthony J.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. D’Angelo, Anthony J. quotes

West, Jessamyn

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is …

Pritchard, Michael

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed. Pritchard, Michael quotes

Evangel

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech. Evangel quotes

Thomas Jefferson on Government

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. – Thomas Jefferson Quotes, Famous Quotes, Thomas Jefferson, Government